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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what type of locations has Kimiâ spent years looking for her family's photograph albums?
(a) Thrift stores.
(b) Flea markets.
(c) Museums.
(d) Garbage dumps.

2. Which character had been the most eager to leave Iran, according to Kimiâ?
(a) Kimiâ.
(b) Mina.
(c) Sara.
(d) Leïli.

3. Which one of Kimiâ's family members told her that if she kept up her behavior, people would think she was a lesbian?
(a) Leïli.
(b) Mina.
(c) Darius.
(d) Sara.

4. What object was thrown through the Sadrs' window in Side A: Chapter 9?
(a) A grenade.
(b) A brick.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A rock.

5. Kimiâ states, "People always think hard times bring you closer together, but that's not the case with" (264) what?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Exile.
(c) Diaspora.
(d) Emigration.

6. Kimiâ describes in Side A: Chapter 8 Darius's composition of a long letter to whom?
(a) The magistrate.
(b) The king.
(c) The Shah.
(d) The editor-in-chief of his newspaper.

7. What does Anna do when she finds out that Kimiâ is pregnant?
(a) She starts to sob.
(b) She high-fives Kimiâ.
(c) She kisses Kimiâ.
(d) She screams.

8. When Kimiâ returned home after a long period of absence, Sara hugged her and told her that which character had died?
(a) Mina.
(b) Khomeini.
(c) Darius.
(d) Emma.

9. Kimiâ describes her father Darius "tossing her into" (162) what body of water?
(a) The sea.
(b) The river.
(c) The lake.
(d) The canal.

10. Kimiâ says that contrary to everyone's expectations, she ended up accomplishing what goal?
(a) Earning a high school diploma.
(b) Getting into community college.
(c) Getting into graduate school.
(d) Passing the bar exam.

11. For how many years did Sara work on a book about her family's experiences before the book was complete?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

12. What activity does Kimiâ NOT mention as one of her favorite childhood activities?
(a) Skipping rope.
(b) Running.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Climbing trees.

13. Which group is said to have believed that Darius was "a bourgeois agent of the CIA" (237)?
(a) The Shah's supporters.
(b) The communists.
(c) The mullahs.
(d) The conservatives.

14. Kimiâ describes punk music as a genre that "denounces the hypocrisy of" (267) what?
(a) War.
(b) Class.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Power.

15. What malady did Kimiâ pretend to have on the night Ramin was stopped by the curfew patrol several times?
(a) Appendicitis.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Meningitis.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what object does Kimiâ compare punk music?

2. What adjective does Kimiâ use to describe her partner Anna's smile near the end of Side B: Chapter 2?

3. What was the first band Kimiâ discovered one day in a record shop?

4. In what band did Kimiâ's physical role model play?

5. What emotion had Darius felt about Kimiâ's childhood behavior not aligned with prescribed gender norms in Iran?

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